जीपीएससी परीक्षा पूर्वतयारी

1 Determiners can occur before a noun or a noun phrase in distinct grammatical units as ------

 A word, phrase, clause

 B phrase, phrasal unit, schwa

 C clause, exclamation, punctuation

 D word, phrase, affix

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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2 Identify the figure of speech in the lines: “Thy beams so reverend and strong/Why should you think?”

 A rhetorical question; transferred epithet

 B simile; personification

 C metaphor; rhetorical question

D rhetorical question; personification

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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3 Read the following stanza and, from the option given below, identify the figures of speech present in it.

 “Our sincerest laughter /With some pain is fraught/ Our sweetest songs /

 Are those that tell of saddest thought.”

 A paradox, personification, simile

 B paradox, antithesis, alliteration

 C oxymoron, transferred epithet, synecdoche

 D antithesis, oxymoron, metonymy

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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4 Besides, possessives, distributives, demonstratives, and interrogatives, the other determiners are------

 A articles, cardinals, quantifiers

 B nouns, verbal phrases and adverbs

 C disjunctives, adjuncts and articles

D numerals, disjunctives and qualifiers

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer A

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5 The grammatical unit that comes together with a noun or noun phrase and serves to express the noun in its context is called the ------

A adjective

 B determiner

 C postposition

 D pronoun

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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6  A (A)-(ii); (B)-(i); (C) -(iv); (D)-(iii)

 B (A)-(i); (B)-(ii); (C)-(iii); (D)-(iv)

 C (A)-(ii); (B)-(iv); (C)-(iii); (D)-(i)

 D (A)-(iv); (B)-(ii); (C)-(i); (D)-(iii)

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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7 Select the option that mentions the figures of speech which are not present in the following statement:

 “O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

 A apostrophe, rhetorical question, antithesis

 B metaphor, paradox, rhetorical question

 C synecdoche, simile, metonymy

 D metaphor, apostrophe, antithesis

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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 8 Identify the main characters from The Mayor of Casterbridge

 A Elizabeth Jane-Newson; Domnic Farfrae; Lucetta Templeton

B Donald Farfrae; Lucetta Templeman; Susan Jane-Newman

C Michael Henchard; Lucetta Templeton; Eliza Jean- Forbson

D Michael Henchard; Susan Henchard; Elizabeth Jane-Newson

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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9  A (A)-(ii); (B)-(iii); (C) -(iv); (D)-(i)

 B (A)-(iv); (B)-(iii); (C)-(ii); (D)-(i)

 C (A)-(iv); (B)-(i); (C)-(iii); (D)-(v)

 D (A)-(i); (B)-(ii); (C) (iii); (D)-(iv)

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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10 The process of visual representation of speech sounds using alphabetic symbols or diacritical marks is known as ----------

A phonetic transcription

 B phonetic symbolism

 C phonetic alphabet

 D phonetic chart

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer A

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11 The play set up by Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, to ascertain the guilt of King Claudius is called ----

A Catching Cook

 B The Parent Trap

 C The Deadly Trap

 D Mouse Trap

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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12 Identify the grammatical voice in the following sentence:

 In a short span of two years, the Automobile unit produced over a dozen models of cars for their new owner.

 A indistinct

 B active

 C direct

 D passive

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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13 “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”. Identify the auxiliary verb in this sentence:

 A ask

 B can do

 C can

 D do

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer C

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14 The phonetic spelling “fUHRst” represents ----

 A furst

 B furrest

 C first

 D foohrst

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer C

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15 Create a Complex sentence by minimally filling in the blanks shown in the following statement:

 “----- like a Poet hidden/ In the light of thought/----singing hymns unbidden.”

 A I; without

 B Just; and

 C They; while

 D You’re; who’s

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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16 The full form of IPA in the context of language representation is------

A Indian Phonetic Association

 B International Phonetic Alphabet

 C Internal Phonic Accentuation

 D Indian Phonological Accent

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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 17 The theme of the essay “In Praise of Chimney Sweepers” is ------

A efficiency of chimney sweepers

 B good looks of chimney sweepers

 C chimney sweepers’ childhood at stake

 D money makes gentlemen

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer C

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18 By making use of its underlined components (1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) recast the following sentence into another voice:

 (1) The attacking rogue (2) was (3) hit (4) by (5) the alert security guard (6) with (7) a swift blow of his lathi.

 A (1)-(2)-(3)-(6)-(7)

 B (5)-(3)-(6)-(7)-(1)

 C (1)-(3)-(5)-(4)-(7)

 D (5)-(3)-(1)-(6)-(7)

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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19 Shakespeare’s As You Like it is----- but his Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is----

 A comic romance; tragicomedy

 B essay; novella

 C short story; comedy

 D comedy; tragedy

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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20 The most common vowel sound in English written by a vowel-letter or is left unwritten, is known as

 A diphthong

 B phoneme

 C IPA

 D schwa

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer D

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 21 Read the following statement and identify from the given options, its negative form which is faithful to its original meaning:

 “ Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”

 A Don’t do unto others as you would have them undo unto you

 B Do not do unto others as you would not have them do unto you

 C Undo unto others as you would have them undo unto you

 D Do unto others as you would have them not do unto you

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer B

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22 “If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.” In this statement of Shylock, the money lender, “it” refers to --

A cutting of the pound of flesh

 B making up for the loss of money

 C return of Antonio’s ships lost at sea

 D the trial in the court of the Duke

 E None of the above

 Correct Answer A

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